Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 539 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: William Lawford, civil engineer, apprenticed to Robert Stephenson
Covering Dates: 1820-1978
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Catalogue Description
Records deposited on long-term loan,6 January 1978(Acc: 1038(D))
County Record Office,
County Hall,
DURHAM.
DHl 5UL
Telephone (0191) 3833253
Papers of William Lawford, Engineer, 1820-1903
Catalogue Contents
Ref: D/X 539/1
Quaker Certificate of the birth of William Lawford, junior, twin son of John Lawford and his wife, Sarah, in Antwerp, 24 January 1820
(parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: D/X 539/225 March 1839
(l) John Lawford of Draper's Hall in the City of London, Esquire and William Lawford, his son
(2) Robert Stephenson of Great George Street, Westminster, civil engineer
Apprenticeship indenture of William Lawford (2) for five years
Premium: £525
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 539/3Certificate of the Associateship of William Lawford of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 3 June 1845
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 539/4Certificate of the membership of William Lawford of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 5 February 1867
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 539/5Letter signed by Lord Derby, Foreign Secretary to Percy Ffrench, Esq., ambassador to un-named country recommending William Lawford as investigator into the working of the railways of that county, 16 July 1875
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 539/6Letter from Jongking Sing, Shanghai, to William Lawford asking the latter's advice on the former's proposal to start a company to exploit leadmines in Fee Chow [on the Straits of Formosa], 1 April 1884
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 539/7The Biographer and Review, vol.III, no.40, containing brief biography of William Lawford, September 1900
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/X 539/8Notes on the life of William Lawford compiled by D.V. Lawford, 5 January 1978
(1 paper)
